Tiger is an excellent example: It looked as if he had everything- an enormous amount of money, a beautiful family, any material thing in the world he could have wanted... but still not truely happy with whatever he had at that certain moment.
Tila Tequila Seeing "Haunting Visions" of Deceased Girlfriend
<<<SNIP>>> MORE AT LINK.....
The 30-year-old Johnson -- known for her wild partying ways that included drugs and alcohol -- was found dead around 11:51 a.m. Monday in her Los Angeles home.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...aunting-visions-of-deceased-girlfriend-201051
I did not know she was a diabetic, this IMHO would be some kind of suicide...a diabetic partying and drinking too much :waitasec:
I dont really see how money effects the level of ones true happiness. Maybe in the short term it could.
I think it has to do with peoples feeling of security. People think that having money can make them secure. That doesnt always happen.
Security is freedom from anxiety or fear.
Money doesn't make everyone's anxiety or fear dissipate.
In my opinion, what could possibly be worse than being so rich you could afford anything at all you desire, and still not be happy? So many people think, '...if I just had (fill in the blank) ... life would be perfect'. Imagine being able to afford ANYTHING you desire and STILL not be happy?
At any rate, my hubby has suffered from severe (suicidal) depression and is bi-polar...thank God he is finally doing better...
May she rest in peace...
You are right that happiness comes from within, You are also right that before I knew about big money I was a very happy person. I did not have my own family yet... but there were times I needed for family and did not have, and it sure made me very very unhappy.
It is not the money that makes one happy it is the freedom from hardships that allows you to be in touch with your innate happiness.
That freedom also allows you endless options.
Someone mentioned Tiger Woods. who in my opinion needs therapy....but tiger is the perfect example of not being his own man...they created a person, whom they put on a pedestal, I am sure that tiger himself is going to find out who he really is with some good therapy.
KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IS KEY. Knowing your center allows you to know your passion...Many of these rich kids are just spoiled not cultivated.
Having money simply ensures that your basic needs will be met (housing, food, clothing, transportation) and your bills (hopefully) will be paid, so, to a certain extent, having money does lend itself to some sense of security. If you doubt this, just ask anyone having problems with any of the above.
It's also possible she suffered from depression. That's something that hits rich, poor, young, old. It doesn't discriminate.
People have individual qualities which appear a certain way when they aren't. The best parent can have very difficult children. It's very hard to be a parent even with money. Sometimes parents want to give when it's the worst thing. It builds dependence. Rather than spoiling the child, it's really chaining the child to you. It takes away independence and self confidence and leads these kids to misfortune in their lives.
What's wrong with them is that even though they "have it all", no one ever taught them/showed them how to be happy.
(Maybe I should have added that it seems from my observations that many people who "have it all" but are unhappy nonetheless (whether due to depression or some other cause) often need to seek a new thrill/adventure/experience/possession which provides them with a temporary sense of "happiness", but isn't true happiness, only manufactured by one's surroundings. When the surroundings change or lose their "sparkle," the happiness disappears.)
I don't disagree with you that the results can be the same but I will go out on a limb and say that many, not all, of those born of privilege are never forced/encouraged/taught to do anything of real value with their lives. They often do not pursue higher education, work meaningful jobs, invest time in volunteer work, etc. They have had it all given to them from the beginning and their lives are devoid of any real deep meaning derived from working hard at something, anything.
I just read where Casey Johnson's deepest "regret" was that when Paris Hilton asked her to be on the Simple Life with her she turned her down and Nicole Ritchie took the role instead. Kinda says it all for me.
Her family had cut her off financially.
Though friends believed the incident would force Johnson to turn her life around, more familial turmoil was ahead for the celebutante. Her father cut off her trust fund and her mother, Sale Johnson, took custody of her 3-year-old daughter, Ava-Monroe (named after Marilyn Monroe), after Johnson repeatedly failed to clean up her act and was discovered to be living in squalor, the New York Post reported last month.
http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/413854_tvgif5.html
I think you are probably right, and that's what LE is thinking, too.Both Casey and Brittany were diabetic. I think this played a role in their deaths. Diabetes is a tricky disease and sometimes very hard to manage.
OMG and now I will never be a Tila fan....:sick:Although I'm not a Tila fan by any means..this video was cute. RIP Casey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jklSph9s-_0